<p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Pretending to date my handsome new housemate was already a bad idea, but then I discover he's no ordinary guy-he's a mobster in hiding. And in this story, he's not the hero, but the wicked villain.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Rowan Miller isn't used to hearing the word "no."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">I guess when you're 6'5, gorgeously tattooed, and sculpted like a Michelangelo masterpiece, women tend to throw themselves at you.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">But in a small town like Darkwater Hollow, a reputation as a womanizer will catch up with you-and your business-eventually.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Which is why Rowan needs a fake girlfriend to prove he's reformed.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Enter, me.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">When my house goes up in flames, I agree to Rowan's offer in exchange for a place to stay.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">After my last brutal break up, I've sworn off charming, smooth-talking men.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">But the way Rowan looks at me-hungry and possessive-makes my pulse race and my skin sizzle with heat.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The longer we pretend to be in love, the more real it feels.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Just when I think I've broken my unlucky streak, I discover Rowan's hiding secrets. Big ones, like his real name.</span></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Will his dark past bring us closer together? Or will it destroy everything we've built?</strong></p><p><br></p>